Steppenwolf (Steppenwolf album)

Steppenwolf
Studio album by
Steppenwolf
ReleasedJanuary 29, 1968 (1968-01-29)
RecordedFall 1967
StudioAmerican Recording, Studio City, California
Genre
Length46:10
LabelABC Dunhill
ProducerGabriel Mekler
Steppenwolf chronology
Steppenwolf
(1968) 		The Second
(1968)
Singles from Steppenwolf
  1. "A Girl I Knew"
    Released: October 1967
  2. "Sookie Sookie"
    Released: February 1968
  3. "Born to Be Wild"
    Released: May 1968

Steppenwolf is the debut studio album by Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf, released on January 29, 1968, on ABC Dunhill Records. It includes songs written by band members and songs written by others such as the Willie Dixon blues classic "Hoochie Coochie Man", retitled "Hootchie Kootchie Man".[1]

The album reached number six on the Billboard 200 album chart.[2] "Born to Be Wild", which was released as a single, peaked at number two on Billboard's Hot 100.[3] It and "The Pusher" were included in the 1969 film Easy Rider.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone(positive)[4]
Sputnikmusic[5]
The Daily VaultB+[6]
  1. ^ a b c Eder, Bruce (n.d.). "Steppenwolf – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "Billboard 200 – Steppenwolf". Retrieved August 28, 2017.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 – Steppenwolf". Retrieved August 28, 2017.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Steppenwolf – Review". Rolling Stone. April 27, 1968. Retrieved September 13, 2012.[dead link]
  5. ^ g, manos (April 2, 2014). "Steppenwolf – Review". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  6. ^ Thelen, Christopher (2019). "Steppenwolf – Review". Dailyvault. Retrieved February 5, 2019.